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AI · March 28, 2023

A fully open-source (Apache 2.0)implementation of llama

We believe that AI should be fully open source and part of the collective knowledge. The original LLaMA code is GPL licensed which means any project using it must also be released under GPL. This "taints" any other code and prevents meaningful academic and commercial use. Lit-LLaMA solves that for good.

A fully open-source (Apache 2.0)implementation of llama launched on March 28, 2023 with 158 votes, #281 of 5,007 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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In plain words

Lit-LLaMA is an open-source implementation of the LLaMA language model released under the Apache 2.0 license. It allows researchers and developers to use and build upon the code without the licensing restrictions of the original GPL-licensed version, enabling broader academic and commercial applications. The project aims to make advanced AI technology openly accessible as collective knowledge.

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From the sources

Implementation of the LLaMA language model based on nanoGPT. Supports flash attention, Int8 and GPTQ 4bit quantization, LoRA and LLaMA-Adapter fine-tuning, pre-training. Apache 2.0-licensed. - Lightning-AI/lit-llama

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